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The need, site, and eventually, mode of pollen-pistil interaction; in other words—the extent of compatibility—is the focus of my work. In the case of the angiosperm flower, stigma, style and ovary are the sites where interaction occurs. In binucleate species, no active interaction seems to occur at the stigma site. Konar and Linskens (1966) suggested the stigma acts just as a site for germination of pollen without being involved in its nutrition. Let’s skip the style for now and consider the ovary.
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Mulcahy, G.B., Mulcahy, D.L. (1986). Pollen-Pistil Interaction. In: Mulcahy, D.L., Mulcahy, G.B., Ottaviano, E. (eds) Biotechnology and Ecology of Pollen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8622-3_29
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